Community Voices

Jobs will not find you watching TV

I always tell youth who are still at the university not to expect white-collar jobs immediately…
Lessons from a ‘university graduate shoe hawker’

“From Kyambogo University’s School of Management and Entrepreneurship to hawking plastic shoes at weekly markets through…
Tenacity, courage and COVID infections surge

Last year, 2020, we, at CPAR Uganda, were highly optimistic that it would be the year…
Financial Literacy is key for ending poverty

After completing module one of understanding poverty in rural Uganda with CPAR Uganda, I was able…
Gratitude – knowing you has done me well

“Because of knowing you I am a happy owner of 70 turkeys, which I would not…
Role play – discussing church handling of women issues

Personally, I have been thinking that because issues of women are not well handled by traditional…
Vicious cycle of tuberculosis deaths and poverty

Poverty is a determinant of successful treatment or not of tuberculosis (TB). A Uganda TB survivor,…
Tuberculosis survivor testimony

“Twenty five years ago, I woke up early in the morning, around 05:00 a.m. I went…